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Sgt. Philemon W. Alexander - Co. F

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Alexander, Philemon W. (or Pleasant W.) “Phil” - Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. E, 4th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 28, 1861. Discharged, furnished Ulysses M. Robert as substitute, October 23, 1861. Enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. F, 38th Regt. Ga. Inf. January 23, 1862. Appointed Quartermaster Sgt. April 1, 1862. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg (shot through the hip by rifle ball), Pa. July 3, 1863. Exchanged at City Point, Va. August 28, 1863. Appointed paymaster clerk in C. S. Navy April 1864. Paroled at Augusta, Ga. June 3, 1865. Born about 1843, clerk, single, residing with mother Savannah Alexander and one brother in 1860. Mother’s personal estate was valued at $13,543. Source: 1860 US Census records for Elbert County, GA, 1860, page 113.


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